TOKYO-- Mazda Motor Corp. will install brake override systems in new models after Toyota Motor Corp. recalled more than 8 million vehicles amid complaints of unwanted acceleration. The new technology ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – New cars and light trucks would have to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration when the gas pedal and brake are applied at the same time or accelerator control ...

Toyota Motor began facing complaints of runaway cars years ago, but the company did not install "brake override" systems in those vehicles, even as several other automakers deployed the technology to ...

Reports suggest that the cost of the override system is about US$50 per car but that cost will come down if the technology is more widely attempted. Reuters said Honda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Subaru and ...

Federal regulations proposed Thursday would require new cars and light trucks to have override systems to prevent unintended acceleration when the gas pedal and brake are applied at the same time, or ...

Under congressional grilling, Toyota agreed to add brake-override systems to all new vehicles beginning with 2011 models. A brake-override system overrides the accelerator, not the brakes. If a driver ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday, April 12, proposed to update existing safety standards to ensure drivers can better stop a vehicle in the event both the brake and ...

The Obama administration is considering requiring all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. to have brakes that can override gas pedals to prevent sudden acceleration problems like those that led to ...

The /*National Highway Traffic Safety Administration*/ proposed on Thursday to change accelerator testing standards for most new cars and many trucks and buses. The override systems, which activate ...

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April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. auto safety regulators on Thursday announced a proposal that would require brake override systems on all new passenger cars and trucks, likely by the 2015 model year. The U.S ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese carmakers are considering following Toyota Motor's <7203.T> lead in adopting a brake override system that would potentially address all ...